Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:30 PM, Washington D.C., USA
- Discussion Draft of H.R. (Rep. Raúl Labrador), To amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under geothermal leases, and for other purposes. “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act” Hearing Memo
Sponsored by Congressman Raúl Labrador, the “Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act” seeks to incentivize new production of geothermal energy resources on federal lands, and support increased production on lands already leased for that purpose.
To achieve these goals, this bill amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to create a Categorical Exclusion (CX) under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for qualifying geothermal exploration test projects, permit coproduction of geothermal resources on land leased for oil and gas, and allow for noncompetitive leasing on federal lands adjacent to other lands currently leased for geothermal energy production.